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Peter Tapsell
Politician
1930 – 2012
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Who was Peter Tapsell?
Sir Peter Wilfred Tapsell KNZM MBE FRCS FRCSEd was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996. He was notable for being the first Māori Speaker, and for being the first Speaker since 1943 to hold office while not a member of the governing party.
He was an orthopaedic surgeon before entering politics.
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- Born
- Jan 21, 1930
Rotorua - Spouses
- Diane Tapsell
( - 2008)
- Diane Tapsell
- Children
- Education
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
( - 1952) - Rotorua Boys' High School
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine
- Died
- Apr 5, 2012
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on July 23, 2013
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